Week 13 | Layout Optimization, From-To Chart & GAMS QAP

00:00 Introduction & What We Cover This Week 00:28 The Problem — 4 Departments, 24 Possible Layouts, Which Is Best? 01:43 From-To Chart — How Flow Data Is Collected & What It Looks Like 02:42 Distance Matrix & Objective Function — Flow × Distance = Cost 04:17 Step-by-Step Cost Calculation — A-B-C-D Layout Worked Example 05:24 🎯 Decision Moment — THE BEST WAY TO LEARN 07:27 GAMS Part 1 — Model Structure: Sets, Alias, Parameters & Variables 09:17 GAMS Part 2 — Code Line by Line: QAP Formulation & McCormick Linearization 11:45 GAMS Part 3 — Results: x.l Assignments & Z = 2,900 Global Optimal 13:00 Summary & Closing Question